Marriages subject to immigration control

If one or both partners are subject to immigration control, you will both have to attend a Designated Register Office to give your notice of marriage or civil partnership, provided you have resided in England or Wales for the preceding eight days.

A person is subject to immigration control if they are a foreign national (that is not a British citizen or a national of an EEA country) who doesn’t have a certificate of entitlement giving him or her the right of abode in the UK.